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GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

We were out in the yard and I saw her eating something. When I went to get it out of her mouth she was chewing and I realized it was a field mouse. I don't know if she caught it alive or if it was dead when she found it, but as I approached her, she swallowed it whole.

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

Originally Posted by QuidditchGirl

We were out in the yard and I saw her eating something. When I went to get it out of her mouth she was chewing and I realized it was a field mouse. I don't know if she caught it alive or if it was dead when she found it, but as I approached her, she swallowed it whole.

Is she going to get sick?

If she's UTD on her shots she should be fine.

Just give her a doggy breath mint or brush her teefers.

"No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." -Louis Sabin

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

Originally Posted by QuidditchGirl

We were out in the yard and I saw her eating something. When I went to get it out of her mouth she was chewing and I realized it was a field mouse. I don't know if she caught it alive or if it was dead when she found it, but as I approached her, she swallowed it whole.

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

LoL, I always find it pretty gross to see my dogs eating a live animal too, yet I have no problem feeding them raw meat of something dead.
My dogs have been going NUTS killing snakes in our yard this spring & that's very yucky to see, but I don't think they eat them. I used to have a minpin that killed mice & it worried me becuz I kinow my next door neighbor used decon, so I asked the vet & he said he'd never heard of any problem with dogs eating mice & they probably didn't eat enough to hurt them, but that I should be careful becuz of the decon poisoning.

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

I would say she is almost certainly going to be fine. I would keep an eye out for vomiting or diarrhea, though, and if you see any, take her in right away (probably the mouse was fine, but recently poisoned mice and rats sometimes make it back outside and are easier to catch, so, at the most paranoid, watch her for things you would watch her for anyway).

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

I think its grosser than just feeding raw because of the "wholeness" of the mouse/rat/bird/etc.... you know, fur and feet and all

My wonderful dog walked by a dead bird everyday for 2 weeks with barely more than a sniff... then he decided to chomp down on it (in the dark) before I could even say "leave it" .... crunch, crunch on the bones with feathers sticking out. He was fine. I was at least a lot less grossed out than when I accidentally tried balut which was what I thought of at the time

Re: GROSS - my dog ate a mouse - now what?

Originally Posted by Shell

I think its grosser than just feeding raw because of the "wholeness" of the mouse/rat/bird/etc.... you know, fur and feet and all

My wonderful dog walked by a dead bird everyday for 2 weeks with barely more than a sniff... then he decided to chomp down on it (in the dark) before I could even say "leave it" .... crunch, crunch on the bones with feathers sticking out. He was fine. I was at least a lot less grossed out than when I accidentally tried balut which was what I thought of at the time